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Analyzing WH-questions the H&P CGEL way

Anonymous — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:18:39 GMT

Hi!

I am reading Huddleston & Pullum's CGEL, and I've run into a problem. I don't understand how to analyze WH-questions with both subject-auxiliary inversion and . Couldn't somebody help me out?

Let us take the sentence What did the Captain say? as an example. Here the Captain is obviously the subject. But what is the predicate? Is it say ___, with the gap as the object, or what is it?

This is the solution I've come to, but I'm at all sure it is not altogether wrong:

[Clause[Prenucleus:NP_i [Head:N What]] [Nucleus:Clause [Prenucleus:V_j did] [Nucleus:Clause [Subject:NP [Det:D the] [Head:N Captain]] [Predicate:VP [Predicator:GAP_j ___] [CatComp:Clause [Predicate:VP [Predicator:V say] [Object:GAP_i ___]]]]]]]

Looks totally weird to me. Any ideas?

//AC

Re: Subjects, Verbs, Complements

Philip — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:39:22 GMT

SheenaGee wrote:

Am I doing these correctly. If I am not please explain and tell me what I am doing wrong.

Identifying Subjects, Verbs and Complements
On the line before each sentence below, identify each of the italicized words by writing s for subject, v for verb, pa for predicate adjective, pn for predicate nominative, do for direct object, or io for indirect object.

io 1. The coach showed us a videotape of Michael Jordan.
s 2. The merchants visiting there traded silk, jade, and porcelain for precious metals.
v 3. Before answering, Isabel thought about her personal goals.
s 4. There are some actors from my school in that film.
pn 5. The person in charge of seating will be Marcos.
pa 6. During fall, a chrysanthemum pattern would be more typical.
do 7. Our new hosts offered Lars and me a tour of the palace grounds. io - receives the direct object 'tour'
s 8. After proper treatment, the acorns become nutritious food. p.n. referring to 'acorns' after verb 'became'
pa 9. Although not as well trained as todayâs doctors, many early doctors must have been extremely knowledgeable.
s 10. I can teach you the routineafter school.
pa 11. Without question, Tiwa is the mechanic in our family!
io 12. I was allowed to remain in the room, and I listened intently during the interview. 'was allowed' is a passive voice verb
pa 13. In this city, a car is not only unnecessary but also somewhat of a nuisance.
pn 14. Certainly, Charles Edensaw was one of the better-known Haida artists.
s 15. Will a good computer programsimplify this task?

I hope this helps

Subjects, Verbs, Complements

SheenaGee — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 22:59:12 GMT

Am I doing these correctly. If I am not please explain and tell me what I am doing wrong.

Identifying Subjects, Verbs and Complements
On the line before each sentence below, identify each of the italicized words by writing s for subject, v for verb, pa for predicate adjective, pn for predicate nominative, do for direct object, or io for indirect object.

io 1. The coach showed us a videotape of Michael Jordan.
s 2. The merchants visiting there traded silk, jade, and porcelain for precious metals.
v 3. Before answering, Isabel thought about her personal goals.
s 4. There are some actors from my school in that film.
pn 5. The person in charge of seating will be Marcos.
pa 6. During fall, a chrysanthemum pattern would be more typical.
do 7. Our new hosts offered Lars and me a tour of the palace grounds.
s 8. After proper treatment, the acorns become nutritious food.
pa 9. Although not as well trained as todayâs doctors, many early doctors must have been extremely knowledgeable.
s 10. I can teach you the routineafter school.
pa 11. Without question, Tiwa is the mechanic in our family!
io 12. I was allowed to remain in the room, and I listened intently during the interview.
pa 13. In this city, a car is not only unnecessary but also somewhat of a nuisance.
pn 14. Certainly, Charles Edensaw was one of the better-known Haida artists.
s 15. Will a good computer programsimplify this task?